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BASF wants to protect margins and create value

26.07.2012 - BASF's business performed solidly in Q2. The company improved sales by 6% to €19.5 billion and income from operations (EBIT) before special items increased by €253 million to €2.5...

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Citing Global Anxiety, DuPont Gets Cautious on 2012

24.07.2012 - DuPont, which makes chemicals, hybrid seeds and Kevlar bulletproof fiber, said on Tuesday that it expected 2012 earnings to come in at the bottom of its prior forecast range, due...

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Key Messages from the Fecc Congress

20.07.2012 - For a Brighter Tomorrow -- More than 200 participants from across the chemical industry met at the Fecc Annual Congress 2012 in Lisbon to learn and exchange on the latest trends in...

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Georgia Gulf to Buy PPG's Commodity Chem Business in $2.1 Billion Deal

19.07.2012 - Chemical company Georgia Gulf reached a US-$2.1 billion deal to absorb PPG Industries's commodity chemicals business, nearly doubling its size and making it one the largest players...

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AkzoNobel Second Quarter Revenue Up

19.07.2012 - AkzoNobel reported an 8% increase in second quarter revenue compared with the same period in 2011, mainly driven by pricing actions to offset higher raw material costs and currency...

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Ready! Set! Go!

17.07.2012 - In July 2010, Dow became the official Chemistry Company of the Olympic Movement through 2020. Being an official Worldwide Olympic Partner alongside corporations such as Coca-Cola...

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Intellectual Property Safeguards in China

17.07.2012 - Diminishing Risk of Copycats - In the Western world, the protection of intellectual property is often a key issue in investing in China. For example, in the book "The Chemical and...

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BASF to Take on Asia's Battery Chemicals Makers

16.07.2012 - BASF need not be worried by dominant Asian players' expertise in batteries as the world's largest chemicals maker looks to become a leading provider of materials at the heart of...